The Core Location namespace revolves around tracking and monitoring user location, the device's entry-and-exit from regions (either fixed or iBeacon-based), and geocoding between addresses and locations.
Geocoding use-cases center on the MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLGeocoder class. Geocoding is simple:
C# Example
async void GeocodeToConsoleAsync (string address) { var geoCoder = new CLGeocoder(); var placemarks = await geoCoder.GeocodeAddressAsync(address); foreach (var placemark in placemarks) { Console.WriteLine(placemark); }
As is reverse-geocoding:
C# Example
async void ReverseGeocodeToConsoleAsync (CLLocation location) { var geoCoder = new CLGeocoder(); var placemarks = await geoCoder.ReverseGeocodeLocationAsync(location); foreach (var placemark in placemarks) { Console.WriteLine(placemark); } }
Other use-cases typically will start with the MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLLocationManager class:
Tracking the device's location Region monitoring (Geofencing) iBeacon rangingThese use-cases are discussed in the MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLLocationManager class documentation.
Type | Reason |
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CLActivityType | An enumeration whose values specify different types of activity. |
CLAuthorizationChangedEventArgs | Provides data for the MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLAuthorizationChangedEventArgs.AuthorizationChanged event. |
CLAuthorizationStatus | An enumeration whose values specify the current status of authorization to use location services. |
CLBeacon | Represents a local-area device that can be used for fine-grained location monitoring. |
CLBeaconRegion | CoreLocation region determined by an iBeacon. |
CLCircularRegion | A MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLRegion defined by a center and a radius (in meters). |
CLDeviceOrientation | An enumeration whose values represent the device's physical orientation. |
CLError | Errors returned by the CLLocationManager. |
CLFloor | Information describing a building level. |
CLGeocodeCompletionHandler | A delegate that is the completionHandler in calls to MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLGeocoder.GeocodeAddress. |
CLGeocoder | Provides support for converting between an address in text form and a location described using latitude and longitude or to convert from a latitue and longitude to a user-friendly location (street, city, state, country). |
CLHeading | Heading data as generated by the CLLocationManager. |
CLHeadingUpdatedEventArgs | Provides data for the MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLHeadingUpdatedEventArgs.UpdatedHeading event. |
CLLocation | Location information as generated byt he CLLocationManager class. |
CLLocationCoordinate2D | Geographical coordinates. |
CLLocationDistance | A class whose static members define constants relating to filtering and maximum distance. |
CLLocationManager | Manages the delivery of location, region, and heading events to your application. |
CLLocationManagerDelegate | Virtual methods on this class receive notifications from the CLLocationManager. |
CLLocationManagerDelegate_Extensions | Extension methods to the MonoTouch.CoreLocation.ICLLocationManagerDelegate interface to support all the methods from the MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLLocationManagerDelegate protocol. |
CLLocationManagerEventArgs | Event arguments generated by the MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLLocationManager.ShouldDisplayHeadingCalibration event. |
CLLocationsUpdatedEventArgs | Provides data for the MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLLocationsUpdatedEventArgs.LocationsUpdated event. |
CLLocationUpdatedEventArgs | Provides data for the MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLLocationUpdatedEventArgs.UpdatedLocation event. |
CLPlacemark | Associates data such as street address with a coordinate. |
CLProximity | An enumeration whose values specify the physical proximity of an iBeacon. |
CLRegion | The base class for trackable geographical regions. |
CLRegionBeaconsFailedEventArgs | Provides data for the MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLRegionBeaconsFailedEventArgs.RangingBeaconsDidFailForRegion event. |
CLRegionBeaconsRangedEventArgs | Provides data for the MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLRegionBeaconsRangedEventArgs.DidRangeBeacons event. |
CLRegionErrorEventArgs | Provides data for the MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLRegionErrorEventArgs.MonitoringFailed event. |
CLRegionEventArgs | Provides data for the MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLRegionEventArgs.DidStartMonitoringForRegion, MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLRegionEventArgs.RegionEntered and MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLRegionEventArgs.RegionLeft events. |
CLRegionState | An enumeration whose values specify whether the device is inside or outside a region or unknown. |
CLRegionStateDeterminedEventArgs | Provides data for the MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLRegionStateDeterminedEventArgs.DidDetermineState event. |
CLVisit | Relates a location and radius with an arrival and departure time. |
CLVisitedEventArgs | Provides data for the MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLVisitedEventArgs.DidVisit event. |
ICLLocationManagerDelegate | Interface representing the required methods (if any) of the protocol MonoTouch.CoreLocation.CLLocationManagerDelegate. |